Archive for the Afghanistan Category


Signs you’re in Iraq/Afghanistan

Got this from a friend of mine stationed in Af’stan. Have a laugh – or a cringe! 1. You run in terror from a controlled detonation your first week, then stand in the open to watch real mortars landing, a month later. 2. The most intimate contact you’ve had in months is with the shower [...]

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Damian in Afghanistan

This is a big deal! Damian Brooks will be the first Canadian blogger officially embedded with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan! I know he’s been working on this for a while – ages, in fact – and it has finally come to fruition. He will be leaving Canada “shortly” and needs a hand to cover [...]

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Some additional links to western and global hypocracy.

As usual most of the world shows such a blatant double standard with respect to Israel and frankly, everyone else that we tend not to even notice it and on occasion, like Hitler’s ‘big lie’ tend to think there must be something to it for so many to buy into it. In a way I [...]

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Taliban threatenes to kill any girls attending schools in Pakistan. Times of India

Before I post the article it might be worth mentioning a few things as preface to those not as obsessed as I on watching groups like Taliban etc. The Taliban have had a campaign on as long as they have existed to maintain the Islamic idea that women should never be taught anything other than [...]

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On Islam, The arts, and multiculturalism

This post from vladtepesblog.com. It really is worth having a good long think about what culture really means. It runs a lot deeper than just what key you play a Beatles tune in. It has more to do with weather or not you get killed for playing music at all than it does if you’re [...]

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